What is philosophy? Is Philosophy Effective For Our Life? Is philosophy really good for science?The term "philosophy" comes from the Greek phileo - love, friend and sophia - wisdom and means love of wisdom. Among the ancient Greeks, the word love, in relation to wisdom, meant "the desire for knowledge, the thirst for knowledge."The first to use the word "philosopher" was Pythagoras. He believed that the meaning of philosophy is in the search for truth. However, they identified wisdom not with the achievement of truth, but with the ability to prove what everyone himself considers correct and beneficial. For this, any means were recognized as acceptable, up to various kinds of tricks. The famous ancient Greek thinker Platon believed that the ...